Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-11-24 | Page 3 | Aid for the Printers

AID FOR THE PRINTERS federation of labor wil raise the sum of pittsburg nov 21 at the mom ing session of the american federation of labor frank K foster of boston secretary of the committee on president gompers report read a supplementary tha matter ot the eight hour day for the union printers was endorsed and the executive council in the printers moral aid and financial support was commended the council was instructed to continue their aid to the printers atit is necessary after jan ast 1st 1906 the committee reported that the eight hour day for printers Is in force in cities and towns in this country and canada an assessment ot four cents a member was ordered by the federation to aid the printers in their contest this assessment is expected to yield about the fifty cent assessment made by the international typographical union has been endorsed by that body by a vote of 25 to